Top Crypto News from Asia — Sept 19–22nd

In this new episode, Joyce Yang from Global Coin Research is joined by Taiwan CongressmanJason Hsu. Jason has been given the nickname “Crypto Congressman” by Vitalik Buterin.

Jason has worked as a tech entrepreneur before getting involved with politics. In 2016, he became an official legislator and member of parliament in Taiwan, focusing much of his attention on bridging the gap between public policy and technology. He has since introduced several initiatives around autonomous vehicles, cyber security legislation, digital economy laws, and is now focusing his attention on crypto and blockchain legislations.

In our conversation, we discuss several of Jason’s ambitious plans to make Taiwan blockchain- enabled. He also expresses his thoughts on the state of Crypto regulations in Taiwan, and shares his unique views on the cryptocurrency and blockchain space in the US and the rest of Asia.

Bitcoin falls from 10th to 16th position on the latest of China Regulator cryptocurrency rankings. EOS and Ethereum remain unmoved at the 1st and 2nd positions. http://bit.ly/2znVapg

Just a day after Bitfury revealed a new 14nm mining chip called the Bitfury Clarke, Bitmain has upped the ante with the announcement of a new 7nm application-specific integrated circuit processor. http://bit.ly/2znwNIb

Hong Kong Exchange to consider tech asset acquisitions as a new strategy, including those in the data, analytics and blockchain sectors. http://bit.ly/2znHdaY

Tsinghua University, one of China’s most prestigious universities, launched the first trail program of the digital fiat currency experiment in China. http://bit.ly/2zo4CsH

Only nine out of the 34 Chinese public- listed companies that announced plans to enter the blockchain space actually developed concrete products and services. http://bit.ly/2znmSm1

The theft of $60mn of fiat, Bitcoin, Monacoin and Bitcoin Cash from Zaif, an exchange based in Japan, occurred last week and was disclosed by Tech Bureau in a statement on Thursday.https://for.tn/2zo75n3

The blockchain ecosystem in India, consisting of developers, services providers, and other companies, are moving to crypto-friendly destinations such as Thailand, Estonia andSwitzerland among others. http://bit.ly/2znGtTe

A candidate for a local government seat in the city of Taipei has made history as the first politician in Taiwan to ever receive a campaign donation in bitcoin.http://bit.ly/2znFP8g

💼 Business News

The National University of Singapore has created the “Cryptocurrency Strategy, Techniques, and Algorithms” or CRYSTAL Center, an academic research lab and think tank, aiming to lead as one of world’s foremost centers for research on blockchains. http://bit.ly/2zo6Fx3

Animoca, the brand that helped Cryptokitties go to market in China, now is partnering with a new software developer called OpenST. OpenST creates blockchain “infrastructure” on top of which users can build scalable blockchain token “economies”.http://bit.ly/2OL5BZ8